• Breaking down a brutal week in sports broadcasting

    Breaking down a brutal week in sports broadcasting

    Get well wishes to Chris Carlin, whose hysterical shrieking throughout his WOR Radio call of Rutgers’ second TD vs. Indiana, Saturday, indicated that he’d suffered a nervous breakdown or gone into
  • ‘Ridiculous’: Mets fan gives up season tickets as teams get greedier

    ‘Ridiculous’: Mets fan gives up season tickets as teams get greedier

    When would be a good time for a ball club to treat its most devoted customers in a reasonably fair manner? Might it be during a health pandemic without a foreseeable end, a pandemic that has cost
  • Craig Carton remorseful and obnoxious in WFAN return

    Craig Carton remorseful and obnoxious in WFAN return

    In his first time on WFAN since being arrested three years ago, Craig Carton was a combination of apologetic and his old, obnoxious, entertaining self. After the official announcement on Thursday
  • The fall of Craig Carton: $30 million reveal ‘ruined what we had’

    The fall of Craig Carton: $30 million reveal ‘ruined what we had’

    Craig Carton’s rise and fall will soon be laid out for all to see in an HBO documentary. A trailer was released Thursday for “Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth,” which will air on Oct. 9 and detail Carton’s journey from WFAN host to jail. Carton served a year in prison after he …
  • WFAN favorite to land Craig Carton as Philly station poses threat

    WFAN favorite to land Craig Carton as Philly station poses threat

    The potential comeback of Craig Carton to WFAN would rock the New York sports radio world, with Carton a worthy competitor to face-off with ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Show” for afternoon supremacy. And Carton’s return, after serving a year in prison for a ticket scam, is drawing closer. WFAN, according to sources, is …
  • Sports media mailbag: Joe Benigno mailing it in as WFAN retirement feels near

    Sports media mailbag: Joe Benigno mailing it in as WFAN retirement feels near

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers & columnists to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. After the latest ratings book, how long until WFAN moves Benigno out the door? Going …
  • Statues, awards honoring those with poor values not new in sports

    Statues, awards honoring those with poor values not new in sports

    To think that Mike Francesa begged Buddy Holly not to board that flight. What’s going on now — the indiscriminate often reckless and wanton destruction and wishful, cosmetic reconstruction of American history — is nothing new in sports. In 1935 the Heisman Trophy was first awarded. Named for John Heisman and presented to the best …
  • Craig Carton ‘deserves another chance’: Boomer Esiason

    Craig Carton ‘deserves another chance’: Boomer Esiason

    Now that Craig Carton is out of prison, he should be back on the radio, according to his former partner at WFAN, Boomer Esiason. The 51-year-old Carton was released early from prison on Tuesday after serving just over a year of a 3 ½-year sentence for his role in a ticket scam that also cost …
  • Craig Carton could battle Michael Kay in complicated WFAN return scenario

    Craig Carton could battle Michael Kay in complicated WFAN return scenario

    It is easy to imagine a new afternoon sports radio ratings war pitting the current champ Michael Kay versus Craig Carton. It would be a worthy sequel to Kay-Mike Francesa. Entertaining verbal shots would surely be fired and, to borrow an old friend’s phrase, there would be no pea shooters. Upon Carton’s early release from …
  • Craig Carton released early from prison with a WFAN return realistic

    Craig Carton released early from prison with a WFAN return realistic

    Former WFAN radio host Craig Carton was released from federal prison on Tuesday morning, The Post has learned. Carton, 51, will either enter home confinement or a halfway house to finish out his sentence, according to sources. Carton’s release is unrelated to COVID-19. Carton went to prison on June 17, 2019, so he served a …